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Programme Director
Programme Director
A career at KBR can change the world — and change your life. If you’re ready, let’s get started.
The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.
About The Role
The Programme Director – Engineering provides strategic leadership and delivery oversight for complex engineering programmes, with accountability across FEED and detailed design phases.
This role:
- Establishes and maintains programme governance
- Ensures alignment to technical, commercial, and schedule objectives
- Manages risk and stakeholder expectations
- Works across multi-discipline engineering teams
- Integrates project controls, engineering assurance, and client engagement
- Drives predictable and high-quality outcomes
The position operates as a senior interface with clients and partners, shaping delivery strategies and decision-making frameworks. Through structured leadership and clear accountability, the role supports safe, compliant, and efficient execution across the programme lifecycle.
Responsibilities
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- Provide overall leadership and direction for engineering programmes spanning FEED and detailed design phases
- Establish programme governance, controls, and reporting aligned to cost, schedule, risk, and quality objectives
- Lead and coordinate multi-discipline engineering teams, ensuring technical integration and design maturity
- Act as senior client interface, managing expectations and supporting key commercial and delivery decisions
- Oversee programme risk management, change control, and mitigation planning
- Ensure engineering deliverables meet contractual, regulatory, and assurance requirements
- Collaborate with project controls, procurement, and construction teams to support downstream readiness
- Drive continuous improvement in:
- Programme execution
- Assurance
- Delivery performance
Experience Required
- Senior leadership experience delivering large-scale engineering or EPC programmes
- Direct accountability for FEED and detailed design execution
- Experience managing multi-discipline engineering teams and workstreams
- Proven responsibility for programme cost, schedule, and risk control
- Experience delivering programmes within regulated or safety-critical industries
- Background working with major UK or international engineering contractors
- Experience interfacing with executive-level clients and stakeholders
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Qualifications/Certifications
- Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional accreditation
- Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
Location
- Reading/Bristol/Plymouth – hybrid working (mix of office-based and remote work)
Security Requirements
- SC Clearance required
Due to the secure nature of this project, restrictions in relation to UK residency and nationality will apply.
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